The Sea Tiger supports several charities:
Hero Labradors
Hero Labradors -- a Wounded Warrior-owned & operated charity -- produces QUALITY, genetically sound, AKC registered Labradors with AKC Champion bloodlines. We select, raise, and breed our girls (and one boy) to produce very high quality pups. Even then, we realize that not all of these dogs are going to become service dogs, but even those dogs will make phenomenal pets for loving families. Dogs of this caliber easily sell for $2500 (or more, if I got some champion letters behind Halia's name.) So naturally, we select service dog training programs worthy of our dogs--and we give these dogs to them, free of charge, with only their guarantee that they train them and donate them to either a disabled veteran, wounded warrior, or first responder (or their family members) who need them. It costs training programs NOTHING to receive one of our pups. Hero labradors has zero paid employees, we're all volunteers.
Service Dogs for those who've served.
https://www.herolabradors.org/
Service Dogs for those who've served.
https://www.herolabradors.org/
Wise County Committee on Aging (WCCA)
Since 1978, the Wise County Committee on Aging (WCCA) has been working to improve the lives of senior citizens in Wise County, Texas, through programs like Meals on Wheels. WCCA currently delivers meals to over one hundred senior citizens every week throughout Wise County, including in Decatur, Bridgeport, Lake Bridgeport, Runaway Bay, Rhome, New Fairview, Cottondale, Boyd, Paradise, and Newark.
For more information, call 940-627-5329, or visit them at www.wisemeals.org.
For more information, call 940-627-5329, or visit them at www.wisemeals.org.
Hero Labradors
https://www.herolabradors.org/
Hero Labradors breeds Labrador Retrievers to use as service dogs, selecting for qualities and traits specifically for service. While a show breeder is selecting for conformation--coat, head size, color, height, etc., and a field breeder is selecting for prey drive, athleticism, and long legs/narrower body, a service dog has different needs.
Service dogs need intelligence, they need focus and a desire to serve and learn. You can't train them with harsh methods to do their service, they have to WANT to please. They can't be alpha dogs, because they have to take cues from their handler. They can't be Omegas either, because they need to assert themselves when it's required. Service dogs need to be Betas: They submit to their handler, but no one else (when working) and are confident and assured in new surroundings. They take things as they come, but are still vigilant and watchful over their handler.
So I looked. I looked for service dog breeding programs and I found... nothing. I found many breeders who would donate to training programs, and many training programs who would train dogs for Wounded/Disabled veterans and first responders, but I looked high and low and couldn't find any breeders who were selecting for the exact traits that a service dog needs to possess at a very early age.
So I decided if it wasn't happening, I was going to make it happen. I've had to relearn how to walk, how hard can it be compared to that?
To read more of Chuck's story, visit https://www.herolabradors.org/
Hero Labradors breeds Labrador Retrievers to use as service dogs, selecting for qualities and traits specifically for service. While a show breeder is selecting for conformation--coat, head size, color, height, etc., and a field breeder is selecting for prey drive, athleticism, and long legs/narrower body, a service dog has different needs.
Service dogs need intelligence, they need focus and a desire to serve and learn. You can't train them with harsh methods to do their service, they have to WANT to please. They can't be alpha dogs, because they have to take cues from their handler. They can't be Omegas either, because they need to assert themselves when it's required. Service dogs need to be Betas: They submit to their handler, but no one else (when working) and are confident and assured in new surroundings. They take things as they come, but are still vigilant and watchful over their handler.
So I looked. I looked for service dog breeding programs and I found... nothing. I found many breeders who would donate to training programs, and many training programs who would train dogs for Wounded/Disabled veterans and first responders, but I looked high and low and couldn't find any breeders who were selecting for the exact traits that a service dog needs to possess at a very early age.
So I decided if it wasn't happening, I was going to make it happen. I've had to relearn how to walk, how hard can it be compared to that?
To read more of Chuck's story, visit https://www.herolabradors.org/